PBaines - 1973 TE27 Sprinter Trueno

[pbaines]

Discussion thread for all things TE27.

 

Build thread: https://oldschool.co.nz/index.php?/topic/88987-pbaines-1973-te27-sprinter-trueno/

 

[HumberSS]

All time fave, would love one of these one day, well done

[kseries.rookie]

Looks awesome man, looking forward to following the progress

[dabuzz]

great looking car, good move, rather than a tribute, get the real deal with all the goodies on it!

[AE25]

So good to have more of these in NZ.  Congrats and hope the resto goes well for ya. Looking forward to updates

[xsspeed]

id guess at fire wall stampings being fine, so long as you have japan dereg cert

at least alternator charging circuit will only be mild fuckery on these

mega jealous, was one of the dream cars growing up, look forward to seeing more of it

[GARDRB]

You must be pretty stoked to be getting such good photos of it if you're in Canada. Would feel good to have that level of detail so you don't have to freak out about what they are finding.

[pbaines]

6 hours ago, GARDRB said:

You must be pretty stoked to be getting such good photos of it if you're in Canada. Would feel good to have that level of detail so you don't have to freak out about what they are finding.

Yeah, really nice to have the car bro's back home doing the lords work behind the scenes

I think for a car this age, you can't really expect something that is perfect. I think I got this car relatively cheap considering where they're heading, and even spending more doesn't necessarily mean it'll be any tidier either!

[Bistro]

looks like it's going to be a great rebuilt - epic that you can find some NOS parts out there too ! 

[azzurro]

Some quality work going into this!

[Flauski]

Can't wait to see this in the Manawatu when done. How good.

[Roman]

Work so far looks amazing man. 

The next steps on this are gonna be amazing / satisfying / awesome.

cant wait to see it all come together! 

[VitesseEFI]

Classy looking repair work been happening there.  Looks excellent. Same guys doing the paint?

[HumberSS]

Are you keeping the Watanabes or going god-tier with a set of Toscos??

[pbaines]

On 09/01/2026 at 20:44, Roman said:

Work so far looks amazing man. 

The next steps on this are gonna be amazing / satisfying / awesome.

cant wait to see it all come together! 

Agreed! Just hoping i've actually got everything to put it all back together. The interior it came with was preeeetty average and think I have better bits to go back in but hasbeen many years since i've dived in the hoard

 

On 10/01/2026 at 10:22, VitesseEFI said:

Classy looking repair work been happening there.  Looks excellent. Same guys doing the paint?

I'll be getting it painted in Palmerston North by a different crew, they looked after my mates TE37 and did an incredible job so will flick it their ways to continue the good stuff

 

On 10/01/2026 at 12:53, HumberSS said:

Are you keeping the Watanabes or going god-tier with a set of Toscos??

Would love to go Tosco's... but that may be a "one-day" thing. The budget doesn't accommodate for tosco's yet haha. Looks pretty bliss on the watanabes for the time being. 
God mode may be achieved in 2027... TBC 

[HumberSS]

5 minutes ago, pbaines said:

Agreed! Just hoping i've actually got everything to put it all back together. The interior it came with was preeeetty average and think I have better bits to go back in but hasbeen many years since i've dived in the hoard

 

I'll be getting it painted in Palmerston North by a different crew, they looked after my mates TE37 and did an incredible job so will flick it their ways to continue the good stuff

 

Would love to go Tosco's... but that may be a "one-day" thing. The budget doesn't accommodate for tosco's yet haha. Looks pretty bliss on the watanabes for the time being. 
God mode may be achieved in 2027... TBC 

a mate has a set of Tosco copies on my old starlet (theres a pic of it on my camper build thread), hes not particularly fond of them and might be open to letting them go or swapping for something he likes. They would prob need the Pine Eng treatment to fill the guards on yours.. 

[pbaines]

4 minutes ago, HumberSS said:

a mate has a set of Tosco copies on my old starlet (theres a pic of it on my camper build thread), hes not particularly fond of them and might be open to letting them go or swapping for something he likes. They would prob need the Pine Eng treatment to fill the guards on yours.. 

I did used to have a set of tosco reps but sold them (they're on Horner's Orange KE25 now) - think if i were to go tosco's would probably rip my eyes out and find some genuine ones. One benefit is the genuine ones are actually hub centric for these cars, the reps tend to have a bigger internal hub diameter.
I'm on yahoo every day, if some come up at a reasonable price i'll probably have a stab. But with a new exhaust/headers + paint coming i think i'll have to keep the funds tight in the interim

[HumberSS]

12 minutes ago, pbaines said:

I did used to have a set of tosco reps but sold them (they're on Horner's Orange KE25 now) - think if i were to go tosco's would probably rip my eyes out and find some genuine ones. One benefit is the genuine ones are actually hub centric for these cars, the reps tend to have a bigger internal hub diameter.
I'm on yahoo every day, if some come up at a reasonable price i'll probably have a stab. But with a new exhaust/headers + paint coming i think i'll have to keep the funds tight in the interim

Genuines are def the go, they look tougher.